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Santiago Ortiz Laverde

Pre-Doctoral Fellow Certificate
Chem/Petroleum Engineering

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I am a Ph.D. student in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. My current research interests are chemical reaction engineering and process intensification for Power-to-X applications. I previously worked as a University Lecturer and researcher at Universidad de La Sabana (Colombia).

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Master's degree, Process Design and Management, Universidad de La Sabana, 2018 - 2021

Bachelor, Chemical Engineering, Universidad de La Sabana, 2014 - 2018

Ortiz-Laverde, S., Rengifo, C., Cobo, M., & Figueredo, M. (2022). CFD-aided conceptual design of an intensified reactor for the production of synthetic natural gas within the power-to-methane context. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND PROCESSING-PROCESS INTENSIFICATION, 171, 108755.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.cep.2021.108755.

Ortiz-Laverde, S., Rengifo, C., Cobo, M., & Figueredo, M. (2021). Proposal of an open-source computational toolbox for solving PDEs in the context of chemical reaction engineering using FEniCS and complementary components. Heliyon, 7(1), e05772.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05772.

Ortiz, S., Rengifo, C., Cobo, M., & Figueredo, M. (2020). Packed-bed and Microchannel Reactors for the Reactive Capture of CO2 within Power-to-Methane (P2M) Context: A Comparison. In 30th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering. 48, (pp. 409-414).Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-12-823377-1.50069-0.